Plow.



J, T. GANTT.

Patented July 30, 1912.

witnesses JAMES T. GANTT, OF MACON, GEORGIA.

PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 4, 1911.

Patented July 30, 1912.

Serial No. 652,723.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES T. GANTT, a citizenof the United States, residing at Macon, in the county of Bibb and Stateof Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to plows and has for an object to provideimproved means for attaching a landside in engagement with the frog andpoint.

A further object of the invention is to provide a frog having a ribadapted to engage the upper edge of a landside and a lug extendingoutwardly to form a notch between the landside and the point and alandside having a pointed forward end proportioned to engage and beretained in the notch.

With these and other objects in View the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings :F igure 1 is a perspective view of a plow embodying thepresent invention. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of a frog, pointand mold-board with the landside removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional viewtaken on line 33 of Fig. 2 showing the for mation of thelandside-engaging pocket. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the landside.Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the landside of the frog, with the landside, shinand share shown in dotted lines. Fig. 7 is a fragmentary inverted planView of the frog showing the lug with the undercut side.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The present invention embodies a frog 10 having a rib 11 positioned toengage the upper edge of a landside 12, such landside being preferablyprovided with a cut-out portion 13 to interengage with such rib. Thefrog 10 is further provided with a lug 14 which extends outwardlytherefrom and forms a pocket 15 to engage the pointed forward end 16 ofthe landside so that such landside is held in position by a single bolt17 inserted therethrough, the rib 11 and the lug 14 tending to hold thelandside from angular misplacement.

I claim 1. In a plow, a frog provided at its forward end with a lugextending outwardly from the point at the landside, a shin carried uponthe point having a portion overhanging the landside of the frog inengagement and flush with the lug and forming a V-shaped recess betweenthe shin and lug, and a landside having a pointed forward end insertedbetween the shin and lug and secured to the landside of the frog.

2. In a plow, a frog having a lug eXtend ing outwardly from itslandside, a shin secured to the lug and overhanging the frog in contactand flush with the lug and forming with the lug a V-shaped undercutrecess, a landside having a V-shaped beveled forward end proportioned tobe inserted in the V-shaped recess, and means to secure the landside tothe landside of the frog.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES T. GANTT.

Witnesses RoBr. T. LANG, L. L. MORRILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, I). G.

